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Renew Economy: The operator of Australia’s only commercial-scale carbon capture and storage project has conceded the project has failed to meet its targets, and is now seeking a deal with Western Australian regulators on how to make up for millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide it failed to store. On Monday, Chevron announced that it […]
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Renew Economy: The newly appointed head of the Australian Energy Market Operator says he wants the country’s main grids to be able to handle periods of 100 per cent renewable energy penetration by 2025. In his first speech since taking up the role in mid-May, Daniel Westerman will plead for the industry to work together, […]
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Renew Economy: The world’s biggest renewable energy hub – comprising an astonishing 50 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity – has been proposed for the southern coast of Western Australia to create millions of tonnes of green hydrogen for use in Australia and for export. The chief proponents are Australia’s CWP Global and Hong Kong-based […]
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Renew Economy: Energy utility Alinta has unveiled plans for a 90MW solar farm and a four-hour big battery near Port Hedland in Western Australia, part of a major new power play that will set new benchmarks for solar and battery storage in Australia. The plans are for a 90MW solar farm near Port Hedland […]
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Bloomberg ($): One of the world’s biggest fossil fuels exporters rejected a proposal to build a massive renewable energy hub over concern about its environmental impact. The Asian Renewable Energy Hub, which planned 26-gigawatts of wind and solar generation to produce hydrogen and ammonia, would have disrupted tidal movements and impacted the habitats and lifecycle […]
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Renew Economy: Australia’s rooftop solar market has dusted itself off after a holiday-related dip in April to chart a more than 5 per cent month-on-month increase and a much more impressive 24% lead over the same time last year for registered volume. All up at the end of May the total installed for 2021 so […]
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The Guardian: Oman is planning to build one of the largest green hydrogen plants in the world in a move to make the oil-producing nation a leader in renewable energy technology. Construction is scheduled to start in 2028 in Al Wusta governorate on the Arabian Sea. It will be built in stages, with the aim […]
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Renew Economy: Plans to build a $1 billion, 300MW offshore wind farm in Western Australian waters around 140km south of Perth, and have it generating electricity by the summer of 2026, have been submitted for state environmental approval. The project was referred to the WA Environmental Protection Authority this week by Australis Energy, a UK-based […]
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Renew Economy: Plans for a massive green hydrogen production facility in Western Australia are a step closer to realisation, after the proponents secured an agreement with Western Power to undertake initial studies for new transmission network link. Infinite Blue Energy is proposing to build one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen production facilities in Western […]
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PV Tech: A Western Australian renewable hydrogen facility that will be powered by 5GW of solar PV and onshore wind has secured the backing of Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). Announced in October last year, the Murchison Renewable Hydrogen Project will be constructed near the town of Kalbarri in the mid-west of Western […]
IEEFA Australia: COVID-19 Advisory Board wants government to subsidise failing gas industry
Gas usage for gas powered generation has declined by 58% since 201428 August 2020 (IEEFA Australia): Proposals for providing long term subsidies to the flailing gas industry have the potential to cause significant long-term economic damage to Australia, finds a new report by energy thinktank, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The National COVID-19 Commission (Advisory Board) (NCC) led by Western Australian gas […]